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Published 20 Sept 2024, 15:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)
Awarded value£582,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Sept 2024no call for competition
Awarded to Harmless CIC

What is being bought

Published requirement description

When a death from a suspected suicide occurs, provision of a timely response to support those in distress, and who may need urgent help is needed. This could be a friend, colleague and in some cases, no relationship to the person who has died. The Project will incorporate prevention, intervention and postvention as part of a 3 tiered approach to the risk of suicide attempt following a death by suicide.

This service requires a provider to:

  • Offer and provide timely and appropriate support for people affected by suicide.
  • Provide accessible, local face-to-face counselling.
  • Increase access to information about other supportive services and resources that are available.
  • Improve the range and quality of bereavement support after a death by suicide.
  • Provide a point of contact for those bereaved by suicide to leave a request for support, available 24/7.
  • Raise awareness of the incidence of suicide or attempted suicide in those who have been bereaved by suicide in primary and secondary care.

This contract is for an initial period of 1 year and shall take effect from 01 October 2024 - 30

September 2025. The Authorities may extend this contract beyond the initial term by a further

period or periods of up to 24 months (extension periods) to a maximum of 3 years.

CPV: Health and social work services · Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The Authorities have undertaken a PSR Process C for the contract award for the…Awarded

The Authorities have undertaken a PSR Process C for the contract award for the provision of Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide in accordance with ‘The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime (PSR)) Regulations 2023.

The PSR is the new legislation for the procurement of Healthcare Services. There are 5 different processes Relevant Authorities can use to award contracts. For the provision of Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide, the Authorities have decided to use Process C. This is because the Authorities believe that the incumbent provider is satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contract. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to ward notice. The awarding of this

contract is subject to the Health Care Provision (Provided Selection Regime) Regulations

2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

do not apply to this to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the

standstill. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the 30th

of September 2024 (8 working days following publication of intention to award). This

contract has yet not been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under PSR.

Representation can be formally made through the Council's (Leicestershire County Council)

complaint procedure. Please see link below.

www.leicestershire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/… ↗

and-contract-complaint-procedures.pdf

The award of this contract has been made by decision makers of Strategic Lead

Commissioners from Leicestershire County Council, Leicester City Council and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire, who were amongst the evaluation panel, as well as Finance Analyst, Investment (Finance) Officer and Data Protection Officer.

There was no conflict of interest declared by the decision makers or the individual panel

members, who had completed and signed the Council’s Declaration of Interest &

Confidentiality Agreement.

The relative importance of the key criteria that the Councils used to make their decision was

based on the following:

Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 1 - Quality & Innovation

Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 4 - Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities &

Facilitating Choice

Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 3 - Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability

Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 5 - Social Value

Pass/Fail on Key Criteria 2 - Value (Price)

Delivery: East Midlands
85140000 Miscellaneous health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Sept 2024, 15:33 BST
Last source update
30 Oct 2025, 11:50 GMT
Authority reference
DN735362
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069687
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
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Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 30th September 2024 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR'

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The contract was awarded …

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £582,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Harmless CIC£582,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Supporting Those Bereaved by Suicide · Harmless CIC

    Signed
    20 Sept 2024
    Value
    £582,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact name, email, phone

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Leicester City CouncilContracting authority Leicester, East MidlandsContact email
  • Police and Crime Commissioner for LeicestershireContracting authority Leicester, East MidlandsContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.